Why do You have "blank" before and after "()"?
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Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> För Jack Zukt
Skickat: den 2 maj 2023 09:02
Till: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Ämne: Re: REXX parse parens
Hi
This should work
Parse arg opt
Parse value opt with "(" opt") "
If pos(" (", opt) >0 then
Parse value opt with opt" ("member")"
Do
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Regards
Jack
On Tue, May 2, 2023, 00:31 Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com>
wrote:
> The following is a simplified version of some code from IBM's
> CEEBLDTX, placed in to an EXEC I've named PARENS:
>
> Parse Arg option
> Parse Var option varOpt '(' valueOpt ')'
> Say varOpt
> Say valueOpt
>
> This handles a simple dataset name, e.g.:
>
> Test1: PARENS COBOL(TEST):
> Results1:
> COBOL
> TEST
>
> But it doesn't work for a PDS member to following, also surrounded by
> parentheses:
>
> Test2: PARENS COBOL(TEST(MEMBER))
> Results2:
> COBOL
> TEST(MEMBER
>
> Any simple REXX parse option to handle this, or do I need to resort to
> more complex REXX? Or do I just add a trailing paren if there is a
> leading one in valueOpt? Perhaps that's the simples answer.
>
> Frank
>
>
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